Author
shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain
Publication Date
20 Apr 1909-10 Nov 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
68
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/64
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x00031f
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
20 Apr 1909-10 Nov 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file concerns the correction of shortages in the weights used by shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain, and the manufacture of a set of standard weights. The file includes papers recording fines for shortages in weights issued to the foreign shopkeepers who came under the judicial control of the British Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, with notes in Arabic, record of explanations given by individual shopkeepers, and correspondence about the fines between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Esa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], April-May 1909; papers concerning the replacement of weights, destruction of old weights, and a proposal to manufacture new weights in India, May 1909 - March 1914; correspondence between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and the Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited, Bombay, concerning the supply of standard weights, with invoices, March - April 1914; correspondence between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and the Ruler of Bahrain (including letters in Arabic) concerning a notice to merchants and shopkeepers warning against the use of short weights, September 1917; correspondence between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and the representative of the Hindu Community in Bahrain concerning the weight of a
Ruba
, September 1917; and correspondence between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and B R Herman and Company, Karachi, concerning the supply of sets of iron and brass weights, October - November 1917.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files: XXV/11
